In my previous blog posting, “No Shuffle for me“, I may have given the impression that I dislike the iPod Nano. This is not true, as I had a Nano before getting an iPhone, and I still have a Nano as a great sidekick to the iPhone. This is especially so during my daily commute. I’ve thought of using the iPhone, but since I drive to work, I need an MP3 Player with tactile controls – it would be very dangerous to have to glance at the screen every time I wanted to pause playback or select another track.

The iPod Nano is perfect for listening in the car. First I had an 8GB second generation iPod Nano. Its only fault was that sometimes when I turned it on for the first time it froze. That was just a minor annoyance, nothing that a reset couldn’t fix. I also never quite figured out how to duplicate it. Sometimes it would happen, other times it wouldn’t – which made it difficult to take it in for exchange.

When the third generation iPod Nano was released, I bought one for a loved one, but my second gen was still working fine, with the occasional hiccup.

But when the fourth generation 16GB iPod Nano was released, it didn’t take long for me to yield to temptation. It does have some cool features, including a built-in accelerometer, so the screen orientation changes just like the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The scroll wheel just felt a bit slippery until I got used to it.